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ကျပ် | kjut

How do you pronounce the Burmese currency "kyat"? Some mispronounced it as "ka1 yet".
The word is better romanized as "kjut" with "ut" or "up" sound; not "kyat" with "at" sound.
Moreover, if "kj" is used instead of "ky", it will be closer
to the actual pronunciation - not "ka1 yat".

Myanmar Kyat comes in the denominations of 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 5000, and 10,000. For rough estimations, MMK 1000 Kyat is
about 1 USD as of 2014.

Lesson 53: Burmese words with Single Tones 'But', 'Cut', 'Hut' Group

Vocabulary list continues for single tone words that sound like 'But', 'Cut', 'Hut'. Those words should be pronounced without
closing consonants. So, when the word is romanized as 'but', do not stress on the closing 't' sound.

Words in this phonetic sound group are spelled with either ပ် |
pa1 thut or တ် | ta1 thut,
and less frequently with
ဒ် | da1 thut as in
ရလဒ် | yah1 lut meaning 'result', and with
ဘ် | ba1 thut as in
လာဘ် | lut
meaning 'bribe'.

However, there is a condition. The words will sound this way only if those words do not contain
consonant modification symbol ွ | wa1-hsweare3.
For example,
ခပ် and ခတ် are both
pronounced khut. But, when wa1-hsweare3 is added, it becomes
ခွပ် | khoot. On the other hand, consonant modification
symbols ြ | ya1-yit and
ျ | ya1-pin1 have no effect on the vowel sound. Examples:
ကျပ် and ကြပ်, are both
pronounced kjut.

There are also exceptions to the rules for those words spelled with တ် |
ta1 thut, when the initial consonant is
ဝ | wa1. For example,
ဝတ် meaning "to wear" is pronounced woot, not
wut.

Some of those single tone words sound and romanized like existing English words. If you are viewing this page with google translator,
beware that those words meant to show how they sound in English will be translated into your language, which was not the
intention. Be sure to refer back to the original English page to see how the words sound.

ဇာတ် | zut
- drama or play on stage or motion picture or movie as in ဇာတ်ကား | zut ka3. Related words:

ဇာတ်ကောင် | zut koun2 - character in the story book
movie, play, novel, etc..

ဇာတ်ကြောင်းပြန် | zut kjoun3 pyan2 - retell the story
about the past.

ဇာတ်ခုံ | zut khone2 or
ဇာတ်စင် | zut sin2 - stage.

ဇာတ်ညွှန်း | zut hnyoon3 - movie script.

ဇာတ်တိုက် | zut tite - pre-arranged act which was
rehearsed. E.g., ဇာတ်တိုက်ထားတယ်။ |
zut tite hta3 deare2
- the act or the sporting match where the fight was fixed and pre-arranged as to who will win.

This electrifying performance by သားကြီး | Tha3-ji3 and Here & Now Dancer Group re-defines the Burmese word
ဓာတ်လိုက် | dut-lite meaning getting an electric shock. The hair-raising moment was restrained only by a cap that
this performer had on, which would have otherwise left the audience speechless and utterly in shock.

This electrifying performance by (သားကြီး | Tha3-ji3) and Here & Now Dancer Group re-defines the Burmese word (ဓာတ်လိုက် | dut-lite) meaning getting an electric shock. The hair-raising moment was restrained only by a cap that performer had on, which would otherwise would have left the audience speechless and utterly in shock. [56 sceconds]

လျှပ်စစ်အား | hlyut-sit ah3 - electric power.
ဓါတ်အား | dut ah3 can be used for measurement of electricity in Volts.
မီးအား | mi3 ah3 is more often used in spoken form to describe the incoming voltage
to the households from the power station.

သပ် | thut
- (1) stroke with hand to tidy up or smooth something down such as hair. (2) wipe off the sweat. (3) tidy as in
သပ်ရပ် | thut-yut or to make something neat as in
သပ်သပ်ရပ်ရပ် | thut-thut yut-yut
- neatly.